Collapsed Crypt in Church Ruins- Otkhta Monastery - Dört Church - Georgian Church Ruin (Turkey Country)

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Collapsed Crypt in Church Ruins- Otkhta Monastery - Dört Church - Georgian Church Ruin (Turkey Country)

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Collapsed Crypt in Otkhta Monastery Ruin - Georgian Church (Turkey)

It does not look like this crypt has ever been excavated. I wonder if there are any treasures in there.

When i arrived in this remote ruin after driving 5 miles of a dirt road, I found a large group of Japanese scientists with a van full of telemetry, photography and video equipment. They explained that they were working for a University project and they were mapping and recording as much information as possible, images and data, about the old Georgian church ruins in the region, since they are threatened and likely to degrade and collapse, especially in this region that has occasional earthquakes.

For more information about the Otkhta Monastery, read:

www.choruh.com/en/tarih/kiliseler/the-monastery-dort-kili...

ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0

Date & GPS location
Photo taken on September 22, 2006
Artvin İspir Yolu, 08800 Artvin Province, Turkey
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